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they used to be all about raising the debt ceiling, but their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. that was how their message changed this week. now, the coch brothers funded the americans for prosperity group. they want the government shut down. they do not want to raise the debt ceiling. they want none of that. so, for them, it is not particularly about obama care. it's not really about obama care for them. but they are definitely willing to hit the debt ceiling for all the other stuff they want. at least they have stayed the same. they're funded by the coch brothers. they've been funding basically all of the groups that have been demanding a government shutdown. they've spent over $2 hundred million in a year. on these groups that have been pushing for a government shutdown over obama care. but this wee
they used to be all about raising the debt ceiling, but their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. that was how their message changed this week. now, the coch brothers funded the americans for prosperity group. they...
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the debt ceiling. >> i believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. every american owes $52,000 in terms of their share of the national debt. we've raised the debt ceiling last august. we went through $2.1 trillion in 17 months. the size of the debt 2013, 2037 will be twice the size of the economy. i want to raise the debt ceiling, but i will not do it without a plan to get out of debt. senator durbin has done some hard work with the republicans on entitlement recome form. if you raise the debt ceiling by a dollar, you should cut spending by a dollar. that's the way to go forward. we need a budget. our democratic friends haven't passed a budget in three years contrary to the law of the land and why raise money and spend it if you don't have a budget. a dollar for dollar offset and a budget two conditions to raising the debt ceiling. >> you won't raise it unless you've got cuts certain in spending. you will not raise the debt ceiling. >> i'm not going to borrow trillions more dollars without a plan to
the debt ceiling. >> i believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. every american owes $52,000 in terms of their share of the national debt. we've raised the debt ceiling last august. we went through $2.1 trillion in 17 months. the size of the debt 2013, 2037 will be twice the size of the economy. i want to raise the debt ceiling, but i will not do it without a plan to get out of debt. senator durbin has...
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their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. now, the coch brothers funded the mirnes for prosperity group. they want the government shutdown. they do not want to raise the debt ceiling. they want none of that. so, for them, it is not particularly about obama care. it's not really about obama care for them. but they are definitely willing to hit the debt ceiling for all the other stuff they want. at least they have stayed the same. they're funded by the coch brothers. they've been funding basically all of the groups that have been demanding a government shutdown. they funded heritage action, afp, all the tea party groups. shut down the government, right? shut down the government, it's all about obama care. they've spent over $2 hundred million in a year. on thes
their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. now, the coch brothers funded the mirnes for prosperity group. they want the government shutdown. they do not want to raise the debt ceiling. they want none of that. so, for...
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the debt ceilings, i'm talking about raising the debt ceiling. harry reid said the negotiations on that front are over. he said the republicans were talking to the president, but that has now stopped, and so basically it's all eyes on the senate. it's all down to the senate. the republican caucus in the house seem to acknowledge these comments and they also, according to unnamed sources, you can guess who they are, all the usual candidates, basically there are no negotiations going on and the republicans in the senate should stand firm on their principles. of course, it's not that they want to see the debt ceiling not raised or that there is a potentially economic crisis coming. but they have their principle. they don't want to see more government spending. in the senate there is a vote taking place right now on raising the debt ceiling. they need 60 votes, and here is dick durban, the democrat from illinois who doesn't any a single republican is going to join the democrats. >> today at noon on the floor of the united states senate there is going
the debt ceilings, i'm talking about raising the debt ceiling. harry reid said the negotiations on that front are over. he said the republicans were talking to the president, but that has now stopped, and so basically it's all eyes on the senate. it's all down to the senate. the republican caucus in the house seem to acknowledge these comments and they also, according to unnamed sources, you can guess who they are, all the usual candidates, basically there are no negotiations going on and the...
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government shutdown comes to an end as america default by a whisker with the debt ceiling raised some worried that catastrophe is only being delayed. the. protesters in italy take on the police as thousands hit the streets to vent their anger at the government's new austerity loaded budget. also this week. out of new clear a huge spike in radiation levels at fukushima as readings in a story rise by thousands of times in just a day.
government shutdown comes to an end as america default by a whisker with the debt ceiling raised some worried that catastrophe is only being delayed. the. protesters in italy take on the police as thousands hit the streets to vent their anger at the government's new austerity loaded budget. also this week. out of new clear a huge spike in radiation levels at fukushima as readings in a story rise by thousands of times in just a day.
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we can't keep piling on new debt and raise the debt ceiling is bad. the only way we support raising the debt ceiling is significant reform to spending, significant reform to the budget. bill: you're saying republicans are united? no breaks in the ranks. >> yeah. i think you will find that we're very united that raising the debt ceiling without any kind of structural reform, any budgetary reform without any kind of concern for all the debt that president obama is adding to the country i don't think it is going to happen. bill: rand paul, senator, thank you for your time. >> thank you. bill: republican from kentucky on the hill with us. martha. martha: talk about breaking news. things can get pretty crazy behind the scenes here, but nothing like this control room. how this tv studio went up in flames. but this was no electrical fire. >> holy cow. martha: oh, my. we'll tell you what happened there. bill: also an off-duty police officer is now under arrest after this biker beatdown. what may be one of new york's finest playing out on his worst day. bill:
we can't keep piling on new debt and raise the debt ceiling is bad. the only way we support raising the debt ceiling is significant reform to spending, significant reform to the budget. bill: you're saying republicans are united? no breaks in the ranks. >> yeah. i think you will find that we're very united that raising the debt ceiling without any kind of structural reform, any budgetary reform without any kind of concern for all the debt that president obama is adding to the country i...
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your annual budget and opportunities to raise the debt ceiling. what is important is you take the issues, try to get some concessions are you do not have to raise the debt ceiling the next time. this is your only opportunity to exercise controls on spending. but the system counts on the people coming together. it has gotten to the point now where it is out of hand. guest: you get to the point where you get the best deal you can. both sides do not get what they want, but they get something. i guess this is going to happen october 17. sure scares tuple. guest: it's not just brinkmanship, but america's reputation overseas. host: caller, you are on the air. caller: hello, everyone. i think we see -- host: all right, let's move on to nicole in jackson city. caller: i was calling to talk but the government shutdown. i have a niece. she is in college. her child was in head start. the thing with parents -- they have to overcome and yesterday in the grocery store, there was a woman in there behind her. they had 9 children. they got the groceries. they coul
your annual budget and opportunities to raise the debt ceiling. what is important is you take the issues, try to get some concessions are you do not have to raise the debt ceiling the next time. this is your only opportunity to exercise controls on spending. but the system counts on the people coming together. it has gotten to the point now where it is out of hand. guest: you get to the point where you get the best deal you can. both sides do not get what they want, but they get something. i...
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the debt ceiling doesn't get raised by itself. it has to be done. so they understand, it's not a popular step, as the president's own vote against it shows. they are trying to detract spending cuts as a price for that. the president accuses them of leading the blame for the blind and leaving chirp in the cold. this is a partisan brawl. >> he said they're suspicious of medicare and -- >> programs to make sure chirp have enough to eat. that is a remarkably harsh charge. >> quickly on the gun issue. by the tone with those answers, did you sense that there is a scaled back version of what we think we'd see? >> gun control proven in recent times to be remarkably dangerous issue for democrats. repeatedly gotten them political trouble. the passion and devotion of people who care about this will come and vote against you. even if you're wrong on that and right on everything else. real intensity. what happens in these things is there is some event with support in people and larm majority of the public for major new gun control but it tends to dissipate over
the debt ceiling doesn't get raised by itself. it has to be done. so they understand, it's not a popular step, as the president's own vote against it shows. they are trying to detract spending cuts as a price for that. the president accuses them of leading the blame for the blind and leaving chirp in the cold. this is a partisan brawl. >> he said they're suspicious of medicare and -- >> programs to make sure chirp have enough to eat. that is a remarkably harsh charge. >>...
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and raising the debt ceiling high enough to last until mid february. a key question, can house speaker john boehner get a senate deal through the house? so far conservatives have pushed the speak tore adop speaker to e on cutting spending and rolling bako bomb a care. they are weary of boehner. dismayed when forced to swallow the fiscal cliff deal in january. this time was to be different. but their strategy of tying government fund to go cutting obama care has failed. and with two days to go before possible default, house conservatives are back on the sideline. while senate gop leader mitch mcconnell searches for a last-minute deal with democrats. >> perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day. we are not there yet, we hope it will be. >> reporter: negotiations are at such a sensitive stage it was dealed as a positive development with a 3:00 p.m. monday meeting called here at the white house between house and senate leaders was postponed because they were hammering out details behind closed doors. back to you. >> thank you, mike viqueira reporting from the
and raising the debt ceiling high enough to last until mid february. a key question, can house speaker john boehner get a senate deal through the house? so far conservatives have pushed the speak tore adop speaker to e on cutting spending and rolling bako bomb a care. they are weary of boehner. dismayed when forced to swallow the fiscal cliff deal in january. this time was to be different. but their strategy of tying government fund to go cutting obama care has failed. and with two days to go...
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default by raising the debt ceiling. you know, we don't need any more self-inflicted wounds from congress. the economy is already paying a price as outside analysts have noted. there is already a cost to the economy and therefore to growth and jobs from this behavior. and it's important, as i think so many americans believe that it stop. that congress fulfill its basic responsibilities to open the government, to fund it at, again, levels that were set by republicans so we can get about the business of negotiating in good faith over longer term budget proposals. i'm not going -- >> but there are provisions -- you are talking about the short-term increase in the debt ceiling and the c.r. you're not going to talk about the obamacare provisions which are always -- which are also on the table. i mean, you're talking about the short-term debt ceiling and c.r. provisions. even if these are smart gives on obamacare, doesn't it violate the principle that the president set out there that he will not negotiate on obamacare? >> unti
default by raising the debt ceiling. you know, we don't need any more self-inflicted wounds from congress. the economy is already paying a price as outside analysts have noted. there is already a cost to the economy and therefore to growth and jobs from this behavior. and it's important, as i think so many americans believe that it stop. that congress fulfill its basic responsibilities to open the government, to fund it at, again, levels that were set by republicans so we can get about the...
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ceiling, raising the debt ceiling. some have suggested that the president could do it by hem self by invoking the 14th amendment. the president spoke about that today. >> i no he there's been some discussion for example about my powers under the 14th amendment to go ahead and ignore the debt ceiling law. setting aside the legal analysis, what matters is, is that if you start having a situation in which there's legal controversy about the u.s. treasury's authority to issue debt, the damage will have been done even if that were constitutional. >> 14th amendment says the validity of the public debt, shall not be questioned. so does that give the president potentially, worst case, nightmare scenario, the u.s. about to default, an opening? >> no one know, wolf. no one knows whether the president has this power. and it's a measure of the desperation of the system that people are reading into the 14th amendment this power as somehow the president says a rabbit out of the hat to allow him to bypass congress. but i think there
ceiling, raising the debt ceiling. some have suggested that the president could do it by hem self by invoking the 14th amendment. the president spoke about that today. >> i no he there's been some discussion for example about my powers under the 14th amendment to go ahead and ignore the debt ceiling law. setting aside the legal analysis, what matters is, is that if you start having a situation in which there's legal controversy about the u.s. treasury's authority to issue debt, the damage...
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if congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling. america would not be able to meet our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. and because it ais called raising the debt ceiling americans think it is raising our debt. it is not. it does not add a dime to our debt. it says you paid for what congress has authorized america to purchase. whether that is the greatest military in the world or veteran's benefits, whatever it is, what this does is make sure that we can pay those bits. now the last time that the tea party republicans flirted with the idea of default, two years ago, the market plunged, america's credit rating was downgraded for the first time and i decision to go through with it and permit default according to many cea's would b insane, catastrophic, chaos, and warren buffet likened it to a nuclear bomb. it would disrupt markets and undermine the world market and it might permanently increase our borrowing concepts which would mean it would be more expensive to add for deficits and debt. there is nothing respon
if congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling. america would not be able to meet our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. and because it ais called raising the debt ceiling americans think it is raising our debt. it is not. it does not add a dime to our debt. it says you paid for what congress has authorized america to purchase. whether that is the greatest military in the world or veteran's benefits, whatever it is, what this does is make sure that we can pay those bits. now...
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we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend money that we don't have and give the bill to our kids in & our grand kids would be wrong. this isn't about me and frankly, it's not about republicans. this is about saving the future for our kids and grand kids. >> pelley: it's next week's deadline on paying america's debts that is the biggest threat to the economy. that has turned wall street increasingly sour. the dow hit an all-time high in mid-september, but since then it has fallen 900 points. it dropped nearly 160 today after hearing the speaker and the president. it closed today at 14,776. so who's afraid of a federal default? here's anthony mason. >> reporter: the u.s. treasury's already using emergency measures to pay its bills. but by october 17, it will be down to $30 billion in cash. >> $30 billion in the treasury is equivalent to probably $30 in your checkbook or mine. >> reporter: mark patterson, a former treasury chief staff under president obama s
we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend money that we don't have and give the bill to our kids in & our grand kids would be wrong. this isn't about me and frankly, it's not about republicans. this is about saving the future for our kids and grand kids. >> pelley: it's next week's deadline on paying america's debts that is the biggest threat to the...
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raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending. it simply allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. these are bills that have already been racked up and we need to pay them. so while i'm willing to compromise and find common ground how to reduce our deficits, america can not afford another debate with this congress about whether or not they should pay the bills they have already racked up. if congressional republicans refuse to pay america's bills on time, social security checks, and veterans benefits will be delayed. we might not be able to pay our troops, or honor our contracts with small business owners. food inspectors, air traffic controllers, specialists who track down loose nuclear materials wouldn't get their paychecks. investors around the world will ask if the united states of america is in fact a safe bet? markets could go haywire, interest rates would spike for anybody who borrows money, every homeowner with a mortgage, every student with a college loan, every small business owner wh
raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending. it simply allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. these are bills that have already been racked up and we need to pay them. so while i'm willing to compromise and find common ground how to reduce our deficits, america can not afford another debate with this congress about whether or not they should pay the bills they have already racked up. if congressional republicans refuse to pay america's bills...
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and then say you don't want to raise the debt ceiling. you can't make those match. >> what's going on? you make a very good point. what's the ideology behind those folks? >> well, it is ideology, but also just -- essentially extortion. what they are trying to do, and been trying to do this, use the debt ceiling or basically black mail leverage they have to strip the social safety net in the country, to privatize social security, privatize medicaid, medica medicare. ith not about fiscal sanity. we can reach fiscal sanity. we have been working very well toward that. but this is all about ideology and philosophy. >> you called speaker boehner courageous for sending the fiscal cliff bill to the floor. you know speaker boehner saw republican defections in the speaker vote this week, he has favored heavy criticism from tea partiers and others. do you suspect similar courage from boehner in the weeks ahead? >> i think he wants to be krajuous. it's really horrible when an example of bipartisanship causes such consternation in one party. boehner w
and then say you don't want to raise the debt ceiling. you can't make those match. >> what's going on? you make a very good point. what's the ideology behind those folks? >> well, it is ideology, but also just -- essentially extortion. what they are trying to do, and been trying to do this, use the debt ceiling or basically black mail leverage they have to strip the social safety net in the country, to privatize social security, privatize medicaid, medica medicare. ith not about...
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it was give me my money and raise the debt ceiling and you will be amazed to see how much i'm willing to negotiate once you give me everything i want. it was indicated yesterday by the administration, gee, there is a possibility we may have to delay the individual mandate. jimin an article today from wisner, the title of the article, obamacare mandate may be delayed. official says deadline to have insurance could be postponed. article says, the obama administration may give americans extra time to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act, postponing penalties for failing to buy coverage will go into effect, market watch has learned. further down, it says the administration declined to say whether people who purchase health insurance late in the snowment period, say on march 31, would be exempt from a penalty. even if the policy doesn't kick in until april or may. nor would the department give a specific date by which people would need to buy coverage to escape a fine, the h.h.s. or health and human services official however indicated that the administration may exten
it was give me my money and raise the debt ceiling and you will be amazed to see how much i'm willing to negotiate once you give me everything i want. it was indicated yesterday by the administration, gee, there is a possibility we may have to delay the individual mandate. jimin an article today from wisner, the title of the article, obamacare mandate may be delayed. official says deadline to have insurance could be postponed. article says, the obama administration may give americans extra time...
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now, this body may well vote to raise the debt ceiling, but if this body votes to raise the debt ceiling, we should do so after fair and open debate where the issue is considered and where the threshold is the traditional 60-vote threshold where we can address what i think is imperative that we fix the problem. when i -- when i travel across the state of texas, men and women stop me all the time and say enough of the games. go up there, roll up your sleeves, work with each other and fix the problem. and just getting a new credit card, jacking up the debt ceiling with no spending reforms, no structural reforms, no pro-growth reforms is a mistake, it's the wrong path. a senator: will the senator yield for a question? mr. cruz: i will yield. mrs. boxer: here's the question. the people in my state are saying the same thing. roll up your sleeves and attack the problems, because guess what? i remember when this budget was balanced when bill clinton was president. it took literally a few months before george w. bush gave a tax break and put it on the credit card, two wars on the credit card and
now, this body may well vote to raise the debt ceiling, but if this body votes to raise the debt ceiling, we should do so after fair and open debate where the issue is considered and where the threshold is the traditional 60-vote threshold where we can address what i think is imperative that we fix the problem. when i -- when i travel across the state of texas, men and women stop me all the time and say enough of the games. go up there, roll up your sleeves, work with each other and fix the...
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he wants to conduct those talks separately from the gop to raise the debt ceiling. he hopes by doing so he can avert a first ever national default. >> kelly wright live in washington. thank you. >>> it is time to take a look at who is talking. another big battle on capitol hill of course. the gun control debate. joe biden announced his task force regulations. we are hearing from one congressman who has a personal connection to this. >> despite the mash shoot something representative barber says he still supports the second mainedment. >> i feel very strongly that the second amendment should be protected and the supreme court has ruled and there's no question it is a right that all americans have a right to bear arms or have a rifle for that matter. but the issue of the magazines which were used in the shooting in tucson in january of 2011 that's one that we need to take a hard look at. the shooter in our case had 30 bullets in the magazine one more in the chamber in less than 45 seconds 19 people were down and 6 were killed. i saw my boss shot through the head i saw
he wants to conduct those talks separately from the gop to raise the debt ceiling. he hopes by doing so he can avert a first ever national default. >> kelly wright live in washington. thank you. >>> it is time to take a look at who is talking. another big battle on capitol hill of course. the gun control debate. joe biden announced his task force regulations. we are hearing from one congressman who has a personal connection to this. >> despite the mash shoot something...
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without any spending cuts. >> we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what is driving us to borrow more money and live beyond our means. the idea that seshd raise spending and give the bill to our kids and grand kids would be wrong. >> both the president and house speaker boehner are facing two political stations. they are taking a beating over the shut down but what the president is planning on doing raising the national debt to well over $18 trillion. >> doug luzader reporting live for us. eight are arrested at an immigration rally at the capitol. they were booked for blocking main street. filmmaker was on kelly files. >> what i saw today was not only sad but despicable. you are saying you are rolling back to last week. i have been here all week. i am telling you it has only gotten worse. today i watched thousands of illegal immigrants walk right through the mall nobody stopping them -- i am wrong. there was one gate with a sign that said don't come in. when you went to the memorial the gates are still up. they are still not getting in. the only way you can g
without any spending cuts. >> we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what is driving us to borrow more money and live beyond our means. the idea that seshd raise spending and give the bill to our kids and grand kids would be wrong. >> both the president and house speaker boehner are facing two political stations. they are taking a beating over the shut down but what the president is planning on doing raising the national debt to well over $18 trillion....
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the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown. health care was the best-perfuming sector. the dow started the session sharply lower but staged a midday turnaround as reports on progress on the negotiations came in. we also want to show you the russell 2000 index of small cap stocks which hit another all-time high thanks to a resurgence in momentum names. the bond market was closed for columbus day. >> big russell 2000, usually very bullish. jim lacamp joins us. let's pick up where seema mody left off. russell 2000, new all-time high. what's that mean? >> it's good news. you look at the russell and the mid caps, they're setting new highs. this market looks like it wants to go higher. the first thing to do is pay attention to the market. i think the market will go higher between now and the end of the year. we have performance-chasing issues. i think bonds are a risky investment. investors don't know what to do with them. the federal reserve is being painted into a second corner because of the one that they created but now because o
the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown. health care was the best-perfuming sector. the dow started the session sharply lower but staged a midday turnaround as reports on progress on the negotiations came in. we also want to show you the russell 2000 index of small cap stocks which hit another all-time high thanks to a resurgence in momentum names. the bond market was closed for columbus day. >> big russell 2000, usually very bullish. jim lacamp joins us. let's pick up where...
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ceiling. >> raising the debt ceiling does not authorize us to spend more. all it does is say that america will pay its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. >> house republicans want spending cuts as part of a deal to lift the debt ceiling. without an agreement the country has until around march 1 before it may not be able to meet financial obligations. >> today is the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in newtown, connecticut. in washington, bay area members are among the group of democrats meeting with vice president biden about gun control. the vice president could turn over his proposals to president obama as early as tomorrow. >> a month ago today, the shooting massacre at sandy hook elementary school shocked the nation. and re-ignited a fierce battle over america's relationship with guns. tomorrow, vice president biden will recommend a robust gun control game plan to president obama including stronger background checks for all gun purchases, a ban on high capacity magazine clips, and a renewed ban on assault weapons. >> my starting poi
ceiling. >> raising the debt ceiling does not authorize us to spend more. all it does is say that america will pay its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. >> house republicans want spending cuts as part of a deal to lift the debt ceiling. without an agreement the country has until around march 1 before it may not be able to meet financial obligations. >> today is the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in newtown, connecticut. in washington, bay area members...
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to raise a debt ceiling but with a catch. looping with it, a lengthy list of gop priorities, from the keystone pipeline, tax reform, to delaying obama care for a year. it's a direct challenge to the president. >> i will not negotiate on anything when it comes to the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> now, the president says i'm not going to negotiate. quell, i'm sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. >> reporter: the reality is republican leaders are also doing this as a negotiating tactic with their own restive conservatives. senior gop source admit to cnn they have learned the hard way to manage unpredictable hard-liners, leaders have to first show they're -- is it something you could support? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: even this plan that democrats dismiss as gop -- doesn't satisfy some republicans. >> the plan right now does not address the spending. >> reporter: that brings us to the more imminent october 1st deadline over funding the government. >> we have no interest in seeing a government
to raise a debt ceiling but with a catch. looping with it, a lengthy list of gop priorities, from the keystone pipeline, tax reform, to delaying obama care for a year. it's a direct challenge to the president. >> i will not negotiate on anything when it comes to the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> now, the president says i'm not going to negotiate. quell, i'm sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. >> reporter: the reality is republican leaders are...
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i'm not one that said i'll never vote to raise the debt ceiling but it should be comparable. the problem we have is a risk of the problem we ever is a risk of -- and i've been warning about it for a week -- conflicting the issues for this partial shutdown, needing a cr to get the government going again compared to the debt ceiling when those two things, if they come together, we won't be able to define the difference between the two because already they are conflicting the style. i want to separate them and resolve the issue with the c.r. and i don't think there is an emergency on the debt ceiling. we are spending less than 10% of the revenue to service the debt and this alarm about default is false. >> the plan that paul ryan wrote made no mention of defunding or delaying obama care. to you does that make it just a non-starter? >> i don't want to say non-starter because he's talking about the debt ceiling versus the c.r., one of the two. but this c.r. has been about obama care and shutting off the funding to implement or enforce obama care, and i wrote that language back in
i'm not one that said i'll never vote to raise the debt ceiling but it should be comparable. the problem we have is a risk of the problem we ever is a risk of -- and i've been warning about it for a week -- conflicting the issues for this partial shutdown, needing a cr to get the government going again compared to the debt ceiling when those two things, if they come together, we won't be able to define the difference between the two because already they are conflicting the style. i want to...
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the republicans proposed raising the debt ceiling for six weeks. meanwhile wall street, wow, a rocketship-like ride today. the dow closing the day up 322 points. what a trading day. mike viqueira is at the white house for us. and mike, to the extent you can, put us in the room. in about 30 minute's time the president is going to meet with house republicans, what can we expect? >> it started today this morning. there is a glimmer of hope now tony. it's all vague, it's all taking shape, but the stock market reacting to the fact that for the first time in how long has it been, some two weeks, there is some wiggle room now on both sides of this of the house gop and here at the white house as well. a lot yet to be decided. a lot up in the air at this point, but there is a possibility, glimmer of hope that the end is in site at least for the next six weeks. that's what john boehner put in proposal today. a six-week extension of the debt limit. relatively clean, and evidently it is still being written and changed, but john boehner emerged from that meetin
the republicans proposed raising the debt ceiling for six weeks. meanwhile wall street, wow, a rocketship-like ride today. the dow closing the day up 322 points. what a trading day. mike viqueira is at the white house for us. and mike, to the extent you can, put us in the room. in about 30 minute's time the president is going to meet with house republicans, what can we expect? >> it started today this morning. there is a glimmer of hope now tony. it's all vague, it's all taking shape, but...
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put the responsibility on me to raise the debt ceiling. >> four top democrats that he should take it. sending a letter to the president. you have to take lawful steps to make sure the america doesn't trigger a global crisis. that is different story from seven years ago when the same four, each of them, voted against raising the debt limit. byron york has hit his limit. i think that is called hypocrisy which seems to be our theme but what do you make of it? >> that is one word you are hearing a lot. not only did they vote against it. harry reid, dick durbin, charles schumer and patty murray plus their fellow senators barack obama and joe boel in 2006 voted against increasing the debt limit. what senator obama said, it was very serious argument about how borrowing was killing america. the money spent on interested was taking money away that that could be spent on infrastructure disaster relief. the money we borrowed from foreign countries was making us vulnerable to the whims of foreign leaders whose prerogatives is not the same as ours. borrowing weakenings us and i will not vote to in
put the responsibility on me to raise the debt ceiling. >> four top democrats that he should take it. sending a letter to the president. you have to take lawful steps to make sure the america doesn't trigger a global crisis. that is different story from seven years ago when the same four, each of them, voted against raising the debt limit. byron york has hit his limit. i think that is called hypocrisy which seems to be our theme but what do you make of it? >> that is one word you...
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ceiling raise has some worry the catastrophe has only been delayed. protesters and the police. vent their anger at the government's new austerity loaded budget. also this week when i see. a huge spike in radiation levels at fukushima. storage tank rise by thousands of times in just a day.
ceiling raise has some worry the catastrophe has only been delayed. protesters and the police. vent their anger at the government's new austerity loaded budget. also this week when i see. a huge spike in radiation levels at fukushima. storage tank rise by thousands of times in just a day.
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the debt ceiling? >> no, wolf, everything is on the table. we're trying to put a lot of things on the table to get the government open, to make sure that the debt ceiling's extended and to get our economy moving again, and of course, obama care is one of those things that's holding our economy back. obviously there's a lot of big issues we want to address to get the economy moving again so that american families that were struggling before the shutdown are able to actually -- >> when the dust settles and there's no reference at all to obama care, will you vote to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling? if there's no mention of obama care in the legislation whatsoever? >> obviously i want to see what a deal is. >> say there's no reference to it at all. what happens? >> i don't deal in hypotheticals but we're pushing to get the problems of obama care addressed. what about just fairness? the fact that president obama himself exempted members of congress from this law, if it's so good, shouldn't
the debt ceiling? >> no, wolf, everything is on the table. we're trying to put a lot of things on the table to get the government open, to make sure that the debt ceiling's extended and to get our economy moving again, and of course, obama care is one of those things that's holding our economy back. obviously there's a lot of big issues we want to address to get the economy moving again so that american families that were struggling before the shutdown are able to actually -- >>...
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ceiling. >> raising the debt ceiling does not authorize us to spend more. all it does is say that america will pay its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. >> house republicans want spending cuts as part of a deal to lift the debt ceiling. without an agreement the country has until around march 1 before it may not be able to meet financial obligations. >> today is the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in newtown, connecticut. in washington, bay area members are among the group of democrats meeting with vice president biden about gun control. the vice president could turn over his proposals to president obama as early as tomorrow. >> a month ago today, the shooting massacre at sandy hook elementary school shocked the nation. and re-ignited a fierce battle over america's relationship with guns. tomorrow, vice president biden will recommend a robust gun control game plan to president obama including stronger background checks for all gun purchases, a ban on high capacity magazine clips, and a renewed ban on assault weapons. >> my starting poi
ceiling. >> raising the debt ceiling does not authorize us to spend more. all it does is say that america will pay its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. >> house republicans want spending cuts as part of a deal to lift the debt ceiling. without an agreement the country has until around march 1 before it may not be able to meet financial obligations. >> today is the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in newtown, connecticut. in washington, bay area members...
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nothing says the president is raise the debt ceiling. it's kind of the best choice of two bad options. >> finally, a congressional deal takes flight hours before a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or suffer the first default in u.s. history. >> but in the end, political adversaries set aside their differences and disagreements. >> before we go patting ourselves on the back, these principal players are likely going to be riding the same political carousel in a few months. >> it's a difficult situation. it's hard to see how we're going to git out of this moving forward in a way that's healthy and constructive. all we're talking about now is let's kick the can down the road for two months. >> some u.s. policy think tankers like saul jack man of the brookings institution say the president should raise the debt ceiling himself next time should it come to that. >> has this ever happened in the history of our government, has the president ever unilaterally raised the debt ceiling? >> never to raise it directly. there's no precedent of the eme
nothing says the president is raise the debt ceiling. it's kind of the best choice of two bad options. >> finally, a congressional deal takes flight hours before a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or suffer the first default in u.s. history. >> but in the end, political adversaries set aside their differences and disagreements. >> before we go patting ourselves on the back, these principal players are likely going to be riding the same political carousel in a few months....
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congress will debate raising bc debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling once again next year. we will no longer need to provide additional flexibility for defense spending. this bill will give the defense community the resources they need and conversations with top officials at the pentagon and within the intelligence community over the weekend, they have urged the support of this address they to current budget crisis. i am extremely synthetic to both those communities and want to make sure that whatever product -- sympathetic to both those communities and want to make sure that this bill does address the shortfalls, as well as the flexibility issues in the defense community, as well as in the intelligence community. approachased with the that the budget chairman took to not turn off sequester, but to instead extending mandatory cuts for an additional two years, the odds what the budget control prescribes. this is an $85 billion fix on the sequester that keeps it from going too deep into the defense budget. it has the potential for causing real problems within the pentagon and
congress will debate raising bc debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling once again next year. we will no longer need to provide additional flexibility for defense spending. this bill will give the defense community the resources they need and conversations with top officials at the pentagon and within the intelligence community over the weekend, they have urged the support of this address they to current budget crisis. i am extremely synthetic to both those communities and want to make sure...
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we will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. as the president said, he has demonstrated repeatedly that he is willing to compromise when it comes to moving forward with deficit reduction. we obviously because of the sequester and the cr and other issues have economic, budgetary, and fiscal challenges that we need to confront, and that requires discussion and negotiation with congress. but he will not negotiate over the fundamental responsibility that only congress has to raise the debt ceiling. and if that is a responsibility that is just too onerous for them to bear, they should pass it off to the president as they did previously. he will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. this is not -- were not going to play a hostage-situation game where the economy of the united states and the world suffers because of an insistence on a political agenda by one party and one house of congress -- or one party in both houses of congress. >> so if none of those things happens, and then -- so it's kind of a game of chicken -- and then
we will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. as the president said, he has demonstrated repeatedly that he is willing to compromise when it comes to moving forward with deficit reduction. we obviously because of the sequester and the cr and other issues have economic, budgetary, and fiscal challenges that we need to confront, and that requires discussion and negotiation with congress. but he will not negotiate over the fundamental responsibility that only congress has to raise the debt...
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keep raising the debt ceiling. when is it going to stop? i hear all of these government employees whining saying my husband and i have worked for private companies. my husband gets no vacation, no sick time, no holidays. if he doesn't come to work, he doesn't get paid. and you know what? we deal with it because it is what it is. he was out of work for six months and he took this job because it's better to work them not to work. up andil america wakes realizes that you can't keep spending more than you take in, the better off everybody will be because they will just keep raising the debt ceiling. nobody wants to cut. everybody wants to live the slab .dge -- this lavish lifestyle but they don't want to sacrifice anything. i agree with john boehner. i think he is right on target. cutsnk there needs to be and nobody likes the cuts because they want to keep doing exactly what they've been doing. i appreciate -- host: thank you for your call. margaret is in anchorage, alaska. caller: thank you. i am referring to barbara tuchman, the author of the
keep raising the debt ceiling. when is it going to stop? i hear all of these government employees whining saying my husband and i have worked for private companies. my husband gets no vacation, no sick time, no holidays. if he doesn't come to work, he doesn't get paid. and you know what? we deal with it because it is what it is. he was out of work for six months and he took this job because it's better to work them not to work. up andil america wakes realizes that you can't keep spending more...
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now it's all eyes on the senate when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. here's what he had to say. >> i was happy to see the republicans engaged in talks with the president. that's over with. it's done. they're not talking any more. we learned that this morning. i say to my friends on the republican side of the senate, time is running out. >> reporter: time is running out, he says. that's harry reid. republicans seemed to concur a little bit with that. they said that they feel that the discussion has finished now with the white house, and it is all eyes on the senate regarding raising the debt ceiling and urge republicans in the senate to stand and be strong on their principles. of course it's not like anyone wants the debt ceiling not to be raised, and cause an economic collapse around the world. but republicans don't want any more government spending, at least in part raising the debt ceiling fall noose that. that's why they're being urged to stand strong. the senate will stay in recess until harry reid concludes some time today. >> i know you have more
now it's all eyes on the senate when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. here's what he had to say. >> i was happy to see the republicans engaged in talks with the president. that's over with. it's done. they're not talking any more. we learned that this morning. i say to my friends on the republican side of the senate, time is running out. >> reporter: time is running out, he says. that's harry reid. republicans seemed to concur a little bit with that. they said that they feel...
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let us raise the debt ceiling. no strings attached. and if the president can raise it as he should be able to and if congress wants to reject it 2/3. the mcconnell proposal is a good republican proposal. i hope you support it. that's the way to go. >> a bill that says regardless of what happens with the debt ceiling, the united states will never default on the debt, would you support that or not? >> i support the concept. i'd have to look at the bill. the best way to do that is the mcconnell act. >> we may have just made news. >>> last week, general colin powell was here worried about a dark vein of intolerance in republican quarters. you are part of a stream of new faces in the republican party, minority faces and voices in the party that seem to stand against that. how did you respond to it? >> well, i saw that interview. i respect general powell a great deal. i was disappointed with those comments. i think he was buying into some of the partisan attacks. if you look at this last election, for example, i think the most racially divis
let us raise the debt ceiling. no strings attached. and if the president can raise it as he should be able to and if congress wants to reject it 2/3. the mcconnell proposal is a good republican proposal. i hope you support it. that's the way to go. >> a bill that says regardless of what happens with the debt ceiling, the united states will never default on the debt, would you support that or not? >> i support the concept. i'd have to look at the bill. the best way to do that is the...
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ceiling is raised. if the debt ceiling is not raised, treasury officials would be forced to choose which bills to pay and which to leave in the met for cal cart unpaid. the national debt continues to grow. congressional budget office predicts outstanding public debt at the end of 2013 fiscal year to be nearly $17 trillion. as it stands now, if we were to give every american a chunk of the debt, that would be about $53,000 per person. and if current law remains the same, the debt just keeps adding up. just three years from now, by end of 2016, project$2016, proj would grow be-2 trillion to about 19 trillion. further down the line, by 2019, we surpassed $21 trillion. by 2022, the debt is more than a whopping $24 trillion. >> if you were to spend one dollar every second, it would take you over 31,000 years to spend a trillion dollars. we're talking 17 trillion. it is just unbelievable. >> reporter: enter federal reserve. because of fed monetary policy and pumping of trillions of dollars into the economy, n
ceiling is raised. if the debt ceiling is not raised, treasury officials would be forced to choose which bills to pay and which to leave in the met for cal cart unpaid. the national debt continues to grow. congressional budget office predicts outstanding public debt at the end of 2013 fiscal year to be nearly $17 trillion. as it stands now, if we were to give every american a chunk of the debt, that would be about $53,000 per person. and if current law remains the same, the debt just keeps...
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looking ahead to the 17 october deadline to raise the debt ceiling, what is the take. what is the sense on the hill? are we headed for a default? >> yesterday i watched some of the financial shows, and all of the smart money seems to believe that there's no way anyone is going to allow the united states government to not pay its bills, to go into default. not only would that cause a catastrophe at home, it could wreck markets around the world. so the thinking is at least, you know, smarter minds than mine don't believe there'll be a default. the path to getting to - to avoiding a default at this point is not clear. >> there's a lot at stake. randall pinkston on capitol hill. >> supporters for a comprehensive immigration reform are holding rallies in 150 cities across the u.s., wanting congress to pass the immigration bill introduced by democrats this week. the ralies are directed at house republicans who refused to put the bill on the calendar for a vote. and to get president obama to stop deportations. we go to andy who is at a rally. >> this is a national effort for
looking ahead to the 17 october deadline to raise the debt ceiling, what is the take. what is the sense on the hill? are we headed for a default? >> yesterday i watched some of the financial shows, and all of the smart money seems to believe that there's no way anyone is going to allow the united states government to not pay its bills, to go into default. not only would that cause a catastrophe at home, it could wreck markets around the world. so the thinking is at least, you know,...
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the debt ceiling. i don't know if anyone in the republican conference is that persuasi persuasive. ryan is probably the best bet at this point. you know, it's a lot to put on him to say, okay, now convince everyone of this. >> and chuck, i want to ask you about what the senate might do. we know the house is going to vote for this, this afternoon. they pick it up at 3:00. the senate could take it up very quickly by unanimous consent. harry reid, this is what he had to say yesterday about the death benefits not being afforded to these families. >> right now we have two avenues. we're going to see what the house does and the white house and the pentagon are working to see if they can do something about it. >> that was harry reid today. chuck, do you think that's going to be worked out? >> yeah, i was just going to say that's the answer you give when you realize you're -- even though they've been holding the line on dealing with piecemeal bills that the house sends over, that's the answer you give when you
the debt ceiling. i don't know if anyone in the republican conference is that persuasi persuasive. ryan is probably the best bet at this point. you know, it's a lot to put on him to say, okay, now convince everyone of this. >> and chuck, i want to ask you about what the senate might do. we know the house is going to vote for this, this afternoon. they pick it up at 3:00. the senate could take it up very quickly by unanimous consent. harry reid, this is what he had to say yesterday about...
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>> you hear on every newscast if we don't raise the debt ceiling we will default on our debt. >> there is no reason for us to default. >> we won't. >> all this talk about a default has been a lot of demagoguery. >> what he is saying there is that it is false demagoguery. this is increasingly becoming the new republican normal. denialism about the consequences of breaching the debt ceiling? >> i just wanted you to respond to melody. >> yeah. i would say no. >> do you think the denialists have a point? >> the denialists, man. they kept saying they believe in nothing. >> or do you think that a breach of the debt ceiling would be catastrophic? >> this is reckless. >> we all really enjoy that. let's get right to our panel and joining us now, krystal ball. and jonathan capehart. i am fascinated in a lot of ways. the extent, krystal, could which they can hang on to a delusion is remarkable. and up until now what you have seen is republicans insisting they can get rid of the affordable care act, law of the land, but they can get rid of it by shutting down the government. now that that hasn't h
>> you hear on every newscast if we don't raise the debt ceiling we will default on our debt. >> there is no reason for us to default. >> we won't. >> all this talk about a default has been a lot of demagoguery. >> what he is saying there is that it is false demagoguery. this is increasingly becoming the new republican normal. denialism about the consequences of breaching the debt ceiling? >> i just wanted you to respond to melody. >> yeah. i would say...